Chapter Information
The AAPS-Virginia Commonwealth University Student Chapter was established in
April 2004. Since its start, student membership has grown tremendously, with the
chapter attracting students from various biological and related health fields.
The chapter's mission is to provide an educational outreach program for VCU
students with an interest in the pharmaceutical sciences. Specific goals include:
- Promoting and recruiting students from multidisciplinary fields
- Increasing student awareness of career opportunities in the pharmaceutical
sciences and providing opportunities for professional advancement
- Increasing student awareness of current advances and discoveries in the
pharmaceutical sciences
- Providing a forum for networking and mentoring amongst students and faculty
- Fostering student participation in outreach activities that furthers the
goals and objectives of AAPS.
Activities
2007-2008
June 1, 2007
AAPS-VCU Student Chapter / GSA Elections
June, 2007
Graduate Research Association of Students in Pharmacy Annual Meeting, New Brunswick, NJ.
September 10, 2007
General Meeting
September 21, 2007
Eugenio Cefali, Pharm.D, Ph.D., VCU School of Pharmacy Alumni & Consulting Manager, Eos Lifesciences, LLC
"The Road to a Better Niacin Formulation"
October 5, 2007
Dr. Richard T. Lostritto, Ph.D., Food and Drug Administration, Rockville MD
"FDA's Initiatives to Improve Pharmaceutical Quality"
October 16-17, 2007
Daniel T. Watt's Poster Research Symposium
October 19, 2007
10th Annual School of Pharmacy Research and Career Day.
November 11-15, 2007
2007 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition
December 2007
AAPS-VCU Student Chapter / GSA Holiday Party
February 2008
Guest Speaker
VCU-AAPS Student Chapter will sponsor a guest speaker TBD
March 2008
34th Annual John C. Forbes Research Day
March 2008
Wyeth Pharmaceutical Industry, Richmond, VA - Field Trip
April 2008
Guest Speaker
VCU-AAPS Student Chapter will sponsor a speaker TBD
April 2008
Graduate Student Research Symposium & Exhibit 2008
2006-2007
June 2-4, 2006
Graduate Research Association of Students in Pharmacy Annual Meeting,
Boston, MA
July 31, 2006
AAPS-VCU Student Chapter / GSA Elections
August 22, 2006
General Meeting
September 8, 2006
AAPS-VCU New Student Welcome event
September 21, 2006
General Meeting and Recruitment Seminar
October 17, 2006
Dr. Timothy Wiedmann, PhD, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies,
Pharmaceutics, University of Minnesota
"Respiratory Drug Delivery and Lung Cancer"
October 20, 2006
9th Annual School of Pharmacy Research and Career Day
AAPS-VCU Student Chapter guest speaker: Dr. Larry Augsburger, Ph.D.,
Emeritus Professor at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy.
Seminar Title: "The Crisis in the Supply of Pharmaceutical
Scientists Specializing in Product Development and Related
Technologies and What Can Be Done"
October 23-24, 2006
Daniel T. Watts Research Symposium
October 29-November 2, 2006
2006 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition, San Antonio, TX
November 25, 2006
AAPS-VCU Fall Retreat: Colonial Williamsburg
December 15, 2007
AAPS-VCU Student Chapter / GSA Holiday Party
January 25, 2007
Dr. Jason McConville, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy, UT Austin
"Targeted Lung Delivery of Antifungals: Preclinical Studies using Itraconazole
Nanoparticles"
February 6, 2007
VCU-AAPS Student Chapter guest speaker: Dr. William J. Jusko, Ph.D., Professor & Chair of Pharmaceutical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo.
Seminar Title: "Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacogenomics: Lessons from Corticosteroids"
April 10, 2007
Graduate Student Research Symposium & Exhibit 2007
March 2007
Wyeth Pharmaceutical Industry Research Facility, Richmond, VA - Field Trip
2005-2006
July 31, 2005
AAPS-VCU Student Chapter Elections
August 13-14, 2005
AAPS-VCU Student Chapter / GSA Camping Trip to Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia
August 26, 2005
AAPS-VCU Student Chapter / GSA Ice-Skating Trip
September 1, 2005
AAPS-VCU Student Chapter Recruitment Seminar
September 10, 2005
VCU School of Pharmacy Open House and Health Fair
October 25-26, 2005
VCU annual Daniel T. Watts Research Symposium
October 28, 2005
Food and Drug Administration Science Day at University of Maryland, College Park
November 4, 2005
VCU School of Pharmacy — Fall Research Day & Job Recruitment
November 6-10, 2005
2005 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition, Nashville, Tennessee
November 12, 2005
AAPS Fall Retreat at Belle Isle State Park
November 22, 2005
Guest Speaker: Jeffrey S. Barrett, Ph.D., FCP, Associate Professor and Director of Applied PK/PD, Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Title: “Modeling and Simulation Approaches of Compound Progressions of Antiretroviral Agents.”
December 15, 2005
AAPS-VCU Student Chapter / GSA Holiday Party
March 4, 2006
Spring Retreat: AAPS VCU Student Chapter / GSA trip to Wintergreeen Ski Resort
March 2006
34th Annual John C. Forbes Research Day
March 2006
Wyeth Pharmaceutical Industry, Richmond, VA - Field Trip
April 2006
Graduate Student Research Symposium & Exhibit 2006
2004-2005
August 24, 2004
Department of Pharmaceutics Students Welcome Reception
September 24, 2004
Student, Faculty and Staff Department of Pharmaceutics Cookout
September 29, 2004
Student Chapter Teleconference
October 5, 2004
AAPS Student Chapter/VCU Graduate Student Association (GSA)/Department of Pharmaceutics Seminar Series: Dr. Nena Kustrin, University of South Australia School of Pharmacy, "Analyzing Crystal Purity of Mebendazole Raw Material by DRIFT Spectrometry and ANN Spectral Modeling"
October 20, 2004
Recruitment Seminar
October 27-28, 2004
VCU Annual Daniel T. Watts Research Symposium
November 7-11, 2004
AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition
November 18, 2004
VCU School of Pharmacy Fall Research Day
December 2004
AAPS/GSA Holiday Event
January 2005
Recruitment Seminar
February 2005
AAPS/GSA Wintergreen Ski Trip
March 2005
Industry Tour: Wythe Pharmaceuticals, Richmond, Virginia
33rd Annual John C. Forbes Research Day
April 2005
7th Annual GSA Graduate Student Research Symposium and Exhibit
2003-2004
March 17, 2004
32nd Annual John C. Forbes Research Day
April 8, 2004
Graduate Research Symposium & Exhibit
May 17-19, 2004
AAPS National Biotechnology Conference
June 4-6, 2004
Attend GRASP
August 2004
Recruitment Seminar
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